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Consumer Finance - All Circuits
Individual Editorial
James Duffy KC is well regarded for his handling of financial mis-selling and Consumer Credit Act cases.
Strengths
A very experienced barrister who gives strategic input and keeps an eye on the bigger picture.
Aviation - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
James Duffy is a regular in substantial commercial aviation disputes who acts for a client base composed of various industry bodies in sophisticated and high-profile cases in the regulatory and insurance spheres.
Strengths
During trial, we were impressed with his strategic thinking and his ideas for how to present our position in a simple but effective way.
James is an excellent lawyer with great technical expertise and sound commercial sense.
James is very approachable and gets all the detail very quickly. You can trust his views.
Banking & Finance - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
James Duffy KC handles complex matters for a wide variety of major national investment banks. He has expertise in cases concerning LIBOR manipulation, swaps mis-selling and fraud disputes. Duffy has appeared in a number of the most significant cases of recent years in the banking and finance sector, and is noted for his handling of cases that are both high-profile and reputationally sensitive.
Strengths
James is extremely responsive, thoughtful, practical and hands-on.
James is an accomplished advocate. He is quick on his feet and able to deal with the unexpected.
James is brilliant. He is very quick, very sensible, extremely clever and in court he is very effective, crisp and persuasive.
Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
James Duffy KC has plentiful experience acting on multi-jurisdictional frauds arising from contexts including Libor manipulation and securities fraud. Prior to taking silk, he developed expertise handling interlocutory applications, including for freezing orders.
Strengths
He is very rigorous and constructs strong arguments.
He has brilliant strategic insight and is extremely user-friendly.
James is a very calm and relaxed advocate.
Group Litigation - All Circuits
Individual Editorial
James Duffy KC has a strong group litigation practice. He is regularly sought out to defend in large-scale group actions, often involving high-profile clients. He has a particular strength in matters involving banking and finance elements.
Strengths
James is brilliant on his feet and in written advocacy. He's very creative with the way he puts arguments. He has a knack for constructing an interesting argument, when underlying points are dry.
James is technically very good and on top of the law. He is good at managing cases and keeping in mind the client's underlying commercial objective.
He is excellent. One of his best attributes is his ability to balance the detail and strategy. He takes a step back and makes incisive decisions, which can very much help with group litigation.
He is my go-to silk and is fabulous. He is really clever, a real fighter and not afraid to argue points. His advocacy is very good.
Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)
Strengths
Understated, refreshingly down to earth and very bright.
Extremely clever, highly persuasive and a pleasure to work with.
Very clever and a fine team player, who builds a relationship with the solicitor. When on his feet, he's quick thinking, very confident and highly eloquent.